In case you didn’t know, I got a PS3 over the weekend. Yay for me… Anyway, the first game I played was Warhawk, as there was no other game I anticipated playing more. It’s great fun and I know it’s an online game, but it seriously needs a tutorial.

I mean come on people…

Being thrusted into combat without the slightest idea how to fly, or drive the vehicles puts you at a severe disadvantage against even the most novice of players. I know you can read the manual, but that gets annoying when you are trying to fight the enemy. Who does that?

There are the little combat tips that pop up when you discover new weapons, but they are of little help and they cover up a quarter of the screen. It’s almost as annoying as trying to get the hang of an aircraft while some d-bag repeatedly blows you out of the sky while he barrel rolls by. Thanks jerk!

I’m not asking for a major tutorial, just a couple of training missions on the the use of the vehicles. Maybe 5 minutes of total time discussing the differences between regular flight and hovering mode, or how to lock on with missiles. Then maybe a little free play to let players get the hang of everything. Anything to keep me from going 0-10 in my first 5 matches.

Eventually I got the hang of it, but it was quite frustrating. I actually had to take a break from getting owned. How about a training stage in the next update?

For the noobs. 

Source: http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/index.php/2008/03/warhawk-needs-training-wheels.html